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Malaria
  • Transmitted by mosquitoes
  • Tropical climates
  • Chills, fever, enlarged spleen
  • 300 to 500 million in Africa, India, S.E. Asia, Middle East, South Pacific, Central and South America
  • The majority of the average 2 million deaths per year occur in Africa
  • Malaria is caused by a parasite from the plasmodium family
  • The mosquito draws blood from a human and injects parasite containing saliva
  • The parasites reproduce in the liver, and then circulate through the bloodstream
  • Symptoms:
  • Uncontrollable shivering
  • temperature rises to 106 degrees F
  • sweat a lot = temp. drops
  • severe headache, nausea, vomitting, sleeping a lot
  • if the parasite attacks red blood cells, then the person dies within hrs (cells clump, kidney and spleen failure/blockage)
  • diagnosis:
  • blood test, examine symptoms
  • can be treated with drugs such as quinine
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